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[[Image:IMG 20180424 192003.jpg|1000px|thumb|center|CM-4221HD antenna, facing north toward Mt. Seymour.  CM-5020 antenna facing south, toward Seattle.]]
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Latest revision as of 22:56, 25 April 2018

History

SIAT's EC3 Lab (Electronic Commerce, Communications and Communities) has an interest in digital media, which grew to include HD digital over-the-air television after Canada's August 31, 2011 transition from analog TV.

Beginning

  • Built and tried a few different antennae:
4-bay broadband antenna, no reflector
2-bay fractal antenna, with mesh reflector


  • Collected the electronics onto a board:
SIAT OTA tuner-board


Enhancement

MythTV for DVR (digital video recording)

TV DX: Long-distance TV

The Idea

The Plan

The Prototype

Antennae

CM-4221HD antenna, facing north toward Mt. Seymour. CM-5020 antenna facing south, toward Seattle.


Electronics

antenna signal processing board